2904 - green lungs

April 29, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, abandoned, calm, canon, colour, countryside, eos, forest, germany, green, light, markdorf, mood, nature, spring, tree, walk

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 18mm | f9.0 | ISO800 | 1/125 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

again at last the first night in my own bed after the return of two weeks of travel. once i had ended the first session of post-processing of the accrued pictures at 0130am and my subsequent sleep at 0900am i considered the next big bunch of pics that i had shot in sardinia. unfortunately i'm still not half-done. cheer up, the way is the goal. learning by doing, that's what it is all about.

at 0300pm tina took me out to an excursion to a keep-fit-trail in the middle of the forest of the hill gehrenberg. we really had a lot of fun while we were running through the course. 13 sporty stages had to be done.

the 14th one was called breath. always keep breathing.

cu, trshptr

2804 - enlightenment

April 29, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, action, b+w, canon, contrast, eos, italy, light, light beam, mood, movement, people, sardinia, scenery, shadow, street, suburb, sunset, urban

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 55mm | f5.6 | ISO200 | 1/500 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

first of all i like to excuse for my very short statements belonging to the last week's postings but i think that the pictures tell their stories by themselves. furthermore i concentrated on the photography itself, its choice and post-processing. if there are any questions concerning more details of the story - be my guest and write a comment.

summarising i have to pinpoint that not all questions could be anwered till the end of the trip. why are the temperature sensitivities of natives and tourists that different? a local women wearing a down jacket is reading the newspaper in the sun at almost 30 degrees while hot pant wearing, central european ladies are cooling down in the shadowed gelateria lane.

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 37mm | f5.0 | ISO200 | 1/100 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

and why is there always a libertine, doubter or sun worshipper?

in this manner both stand in the sun, the spotlight or the centre of interest. it is easily visible that either of them feels more comfortable than the other.

2704 - togetherness

April 29, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, action, bicycle, calm, canon, eos, italy, light, mood, people, red, sardinia, scenery, shadow, street, urban

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 55mm | f5.6 | ISO100 | 1/160 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

prejudices and pigeonholing. things that i try to avoid. but sometimes a chliché is perpetuated by the person concerned. study the photography and you will understand what i mean.

2604 - play with us

April 29, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, action, animal, brown, canon, dog, eos, eyes, face, italy, light, movement, people, personal, portrait, sardinia, shadow, sunset

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 55mm | f5.6 | ISO100 | 1/400 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

besides salamanders you can find dogs everywhere in sardinia. many landowners use them to protect their property against unwelcome visitors or boars. in the scene of the picture tina was being investigated by five (!) cute dogs simultaneously. only at the first appearance she seems to be a little bit peeved.

2504 - insights

April 29, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, agriculture, beach, blue, canon, cloud, coast, colour, countryside, eos, green, hills, italy, landscape, nature, sardinia, scenery, sea, village

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 18mm | f11 | ISO100 | 1/100 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

okay, it's an idyllic shot. but you would have been impressed, too. please enjoy the view over baunei, a beautiful mountain village to santa maria navarrese and the tyrrhenian sea. the altitude difference between the site of capturing and the sea amounts round about a half kilometre. really stunning.

2404 - state of shock

April 29, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, animal, bokeh, brown, canon, colour, contrast, eos, eyes, face, italy, nature, salamander, sardinia, yellow

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 55mm | f5.6 | ISO1600 | 1/80 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

salamanders are everywhere in sardinia. unfortunately they are very agile so that you will have a hard time trying to take a photograph of them. in a climbing cave in the centre of the island i caught an exemplar on the hop. to its cost it had missed the correct moment to leave the shadow. because of the too low blood heat it wasn't able to move a finger.

2304 - stereotyped thinking

April 29, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, architecture, balcony, blue, building, canon, colour, eos, hotel, italy, sardinia, shadow, symmetry

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 21mm | f5.0 | ISO100 | 1/200 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

i love the off-season, although in sardinia are not that many tourists in high season. we have had so many moments to call ourselves. as contrasted with bed&breakfast accommodations the most hotels are not opened yet. whereas the abandoned blue balcony facade could also be the outer skin of a cruiser.

2204 - taking small steps

April 28, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, architecture, brown, building, canon, colour, eos, italy, light, monument, mood, sardinia, shadow, stairs, street, street art, suburb, urban, yellow

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 28mm | f5.0 | ISO100 | 1/400 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

during the last week's road trip we rested as often as possible at interesting locations on our 1000km route. the town oristano was one of it. we have had a walk after lunch in the historical district when i discovered the greek-like scenery shown in the photography above.

2104 - nothing but energy

April 28, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, abandoned, b+w, beach, calm, canon, cloud, coast, contrast, countryside, eos, fog, hills, italy, landscape, nature, sardinia, sea, shore

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 28mm | f8.0 | ISO200 | 1/800 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

i'm back from my holiday trip to sardinia, italy. what a great island! sincere persons, delicious food, beautiful mountain villages and not least an impressive shore. the picture above was shot on last saturday at a beach south of bosa.

2004 - enchanted forest

April 20, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, b+w, canon, countryside, dog, eos, fog, forest, germany, grey, landscape, light beam, mood, nature, people, shadow, walk, wood, zeulenroda

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 27mm | f5.6 | ISO800 | 1/200 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

only nearly a month till my birthday. on the last day of our home visit i had a long walk in the dreamful forest of goettendorf with tina's grandpa and his dog lea. we had already ranked big rape fields until we reached the entrance into the woods. a black mood was dominating, only very few light beams pierced through the tree crowns and the evaporating rain caused dense fog inside the forest.

how shall i put it? i love the pic above, it turned out very well. in my opinion the low local contrast post processing is well-suited for this kind of scenery. the forest and its trees signifies infinity, clarity, purity and naturalness. for me it's a kind of ablution to have a walk in such a genuine surrounding.

cu, trshptr

btw: my publications will be continued a week from now. i will sojourn at a place in the middle of nowhere, only with tina and - unfortunately still - my 400d. postings will handed in later. take care!